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max baucus is making a calculation, he's up for re-election, he's in a red state. >> sure that goes in to play. but you had a lot of -- you also had mccain, collins and toomey. and we're listening to the american public. nine out of ten people want this to happen. so they voted against -- >> you sound so idealistic now but you have written such a cynical piece of work. the point is, and from -- i've seen this in your work both in the ieds of march. it is not the way that democracy actually works on capitol hill is not some sort of simple cause and effect mechanism between the will of the people, and the things legislators do. >> absolutely not. our show takes a dark look at politics. we are showing an extreme view of how politics can work at its best and worst. underwood is not bound by ideology. in a way he's able to achieve progress because of that. >> what is interesting is that to me when i moved to washington and started to cover capitol hill is how surprising it was to me, how common that was. right? i expected everyone to be like true believers on both sides and it wasn't the ca
max baucus is making a calculation, he's up for re-election, he's in a red state. >> sure that goes in to play. but you had a lot of -- you also had mccain, collins and toomey. and we're listening to the american public. nine out of ten people want this to happen. so they voted against -- >> you sound so idealistic now but you have written such a cynical piece of work. the point is, and from -- i've seen this in your work both in the ieds of march. it is not the way that democracy...
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she lives in west, is an elected official on the school board. her home was in the blast. joining me at the table my two guests. i want to begin with you, can you tell me what happened on the night of the explosion? >> well, actually my daughter was outside playing basketball and she seen smoke and ran in the house and she said, mom, something is on fire so we ran out and i thought it was the school that was on fire. i just jumped in my vehicle and drove up as close as i could get which was near the apartment complex and the nursing home. we were standing and we got out and i seen where the fire was and we took a picture and was just standing there and still trying to get ahold of some of our school officials because we thought it was the school instead of the plant. >> did you know about -- please continue. sorry. >> and then after that we may have been there maybe five minutes. the explosion happened and it blew us back and all i could do was just try to cover my daughter and make sure all of the debris and everything wasn't hitting her. after that we just went into sear
she lives in west, is an elected official on the school board. her home was in the blast. joining me at the table my two guests. i want to begin with you, can you tell me what happened on the night of the explosion? >> well, actually my daughter was outside playing basketball and she seen smoke and ran in the house and she said, mom, something is on fire so we ran out and i thought it was the school that was on fire. i just jumped in my vehicle and drove up as close as i could get which...
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max baucus is just making a calculation he's up for re-election, he's in a red state. >> sure. that goes into play. you had a lot of -- you also had mccai mccain and toomey listening to the american public. 9 out of 10 people want this to happen. >> you sound so idealistic now. you've written such a cynical piece of work. the point is -- i've seen this in your work and the point is the way democracy actually works on capitol hill is not some sort of simple cause and effect mechanism between the will of the people and the things legislators do. >> certainly not. our show takes a dark look at politics, showing an extreme view how politics can work at its best and worst. >> vince underwood is not bound by ideologically and able to achieve progress because of that. >> what's interesting to me when i moved to washington and started covering capitol hill how surprising to me how common it was. i expected everyone to be true believers. most people were operators. >> ideologically can be quicksand. the republican party is going through re-branding because an ideologically that worked f
max baucus is just making a calculation he's up for re-election, he's in a red state. >> sure. that goes into play. you had a lot of -- you also had mccai mccain and toomey listening to the american public. 9 out of 10 people want this to happen. >> you sound so idealistic now. you've written such a cynical piece of work. the point is -- i've seen this in your work and the point is the way democracy actually works on capitol hill is not some sort of simple cause and effect mechanism...